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Larva of Long-Spined Tropical Sea Urchin(Post)
The image below is the larva of a long-spined tropical sea urchin Diadema Antillarum, at day 32. The larva is ready for metamorphosis into the juvenile. Martin Moe captured this image using the Meiji ...
What Are the Functions of Objective Lenses?(Post)What is a Microscope Objective Lens? A microscope objective lens is a fundamental component of a microscope responsible for gathering and magnifying the image of a specimen. Positioned in close proxi ...
Viewing Automotive Parts with Polarized Light(Post)Metallic and reflective surfaces such as automotive parts are best viewed under a stereo microscope with reflected illumination. Using a microscope polarized ring light helps to reduce glare when vie ...
How To Prepare an Onion Cell Slide(Post)Peeling Back the Layers of Nature's Microcosm Microscopy offers a fascinating glimpse into the intricate world of cells, where the seemingly ordinary onion serves as a gateway to understanding cellul ...
Environmental Microscopy: Identifying Particulates, Microplastics, and Airborne Contaminants(Post)Environmental microscopy plays a critical role in understanding the microscopic pollutants that impact ecosystems, public health, and industrial environments. From identifying microplastics in water ...
Microscopy Staining Information(Page)Microscope cell staining is a technique used to enable better visualization of cells and cell parts under the microscope. By using different stains, a nucleus or a cell wall are easier to view. Most ...
Reticles and Eyepiece Micrometers(Page)Reticles are clear circular glass inserts with a scale inscribed on them. They sit right at the focal plane inside the eyepiece lens of the microscope and allow the invest ...
PAX-it Microscopy Imaging Software(Page)PAX-it microscopy imaging software works with the PAX-it line of microscopy cameras and has the following capabilities: Image Stitching - easily grab adjacent images and use the PAX-it software to ...
Numerical Aperature(Page)This is a somewhat complicated subject and the discussion that follows goes well beyond the entry in the glossary. Numerical Aperture (N.A.): This is a number that expresses the ability of a ...
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anatomy bacteriology slides(Page)The following are images that were captured with the DC5-169 digital biological microscope. These prepared slides are included in the human anatomy and bacteriology prepared slide kit.
Infinity Corrected Optics (Page)What are Infinity Corrected Optics? Before Infinity corrected objectives were introduced, all microscopes had a fixed tube length. Microscopes that do not utilitze an infinity corrected optical syst ...
